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ATTACHED
attached, committed
(adjective) associated in an exclusive sexual relationship
attached
(adjective) used of buildings joined by common sidewalls; “a block of attached houses”
attached
(adjective) fond and affectionate; “she was very attached to her father”
affiliated, attached, connected
(adjective) being joined in close association; “affiliated clubs”; “all art schools whether independent or attached to universities”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
attached
simple past tense and past participle of attach
Adjective
attached (comparative more attached, superlative most attached)
Connected; joined.
Fond of (used with to).
In a romantic or sexual relationship.
(botany, mycology) Broadly joined to a stem or stipe, but not decurrent.
Of a residential building, sharing walls with similar buildings on two, usually opposite, sides.
Coordinate terms
• (sharing two walls): detached, semiattached
Anagrams
• deattach
Source: Wiktionary
ATTACH
At*tach", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Attached; p. pr. & vb. n. Attaching.] Etym: [OF. atachier, F. attacher, to tie or fasten: cf. Celt. tac, tach, nail, E. tack a small nail, tack to fasten. Cf. Attack, and see Tack.]
1. To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like. The shoulder blade is . . . attached only to the muscles. Paley. A huge stone to which the cable was attached. Macaulay.
2. To connect; to place so as to belong; to assign by authority; to appoint; as, an officer is attached to a certain regiment, company, or ship.
3. To win the heart of; to connect by ties of love or self-interest; to attract; to fasten or bind by moral influence; -- with to; as, attached to a friend; attaching others to us by wealth or flattery. Incapable of attaching a sensible man. Miss Austen. God . . . by various ties attaches man to man. Cowper.
4. To connect, in a figurative sense; to ascribe or attribute; to affix; -- with to; as, to attach great importance to a particular circumstance. Top this treasure a curse is attached. Bayard Taylor.
5. To take, seize, or lay hold of. [Obs.] Shak.
6. To take by legal authority: (a) To arrest by writ, and bring before a court, as to answer for a debt, or a contempt; -- applied to a taking of the person by a civil process; being now rarely used for the arrest of a criminal. (b) To seize or take (goods or real estate) by virtue of a writ or precept to hold the same to satisfy a judgment which may be rendered in the suit. See Attachment, 4. The earl marshal attached Gloucester for high treason. Miss Yonge. Attached column (Arch.), a column engaged in a wall, so that only a part of its circumference projects from it.
Syn.
– To affix; bind; tie; fasten; connect; conjoin; subjoin; annex; append; win; gain over; conciliate.
At*tach", v. i.
1. To adhere; to be attached. The great interest which attaches to the mere knowledge of these facts cannot be doubted. Brougham.
2. To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest; as, dower will attach. Cooley.
At*tach", n.
Definition: An attachment. [Obs.] Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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